My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Instead I watch myself get shot on television.
Suzanne CollinsI donโt stand a chance if he doesn't get better. Youโll never be able to let him go. Youโll always feel wrong about being with me.โ โThe way I always felt wrong kissing him because of you,โ I say. Gale holds my gaze. โIf I thought that was true, I could almost live with the rest of it.
Suzanne CollinsI drink in his wholeness, the soudness of his body and mind. It runs through me like the morphling they give me in the hospital, dulling the pain of the last weeks.
Suzanne CollinsWhen I wake, I have a brief, delicious feeling of happiness that is somehow connected with Peeta. Happiness, of course, is a complete absurdity at this point, since at the rate things are going, I'll be dead in a day. And that's the best-case scenario, if I'm able to eliminate the rest of the field, including myself, and get Peeta crowned as the winner of the Quarter Quell. Still, the sensation's so unexpected and sweet I cling to it, if only for a few moments. Before the gritty sand, the hot sun, and my itching skin demand a return to reality.
Suzanne Collins